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remark

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1. remark - Noun

2. remark - Verb

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To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

To take notice of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.

To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.

To make a remark or remarks; to comment.

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves. Willa Cather

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is. Ludwig Wittgenstein

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. Richard Dawkins

There is no wise response to a foolish remark. Slovak Proverb

There is no wise response to a foolish remark. Czechoslovakian Proverb

Some things are better praised by silence than by remark. Latin Proverb

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